#E9D65A#E9D65A

#E9D65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.144 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D65A
RGB	rgb(233, 214, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.08, -7.96, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.08, 62.42, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(86.86% -0.0266 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(86.86% 0.144 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.4987, 66.1574, 19.3065)
Luminance	0.6615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D65A #5A6DE9

analogous

#E98E5A #E9D65A #B4E95A

triadic

#E9D65A #5AE9D6 #D65AE9

tetradic

#E9D65A #5AE98E #5A6DE9 #E95AB4

square

#E9D65A #5AE98E #5A6DE9 #E95AB4

split-complementary

#E9D65A #5AB4E9 #8E5AE9

monochromatic

#B19D18 #E2C924 #E9D65A #F0E390 #F7F1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E9D65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#E9D65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D65A

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D65A	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 214, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.144 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e28d',
    500: '#e9d65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d65a;
$custom-light: #f3e28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.028,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86863,
    "c": 0.1441,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D65A

secondary

#3646B1

accent

#28D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D65A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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